Wrench.



. Patented Oct. 17, I899. J. M. TILTON.

W R E N C H (App lication filed July 29, 1899.)

(No Model.)

a p j www, lmmu INVENTOR kfamas JKZZZLWL A TTOHNE VS,

JAMES M. TILTON,

OF ISLETA, OHIO.

' WRENCH.

v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,207, datedOctober 17, 1899.

Application filed July 29, 1899.

To all whom it pea/y concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. TILTON, residing at Isleta, in the countyof Ooshocton and State of Ohio, have made certain new and usefulImprovements in Wrenches, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in wrenches seeking to provide a simplenovel construction of ratchet-wrench which can be cheaply made, easilyoperated to move the nut or bolt in either direction without removingthe wrench from such nut or bolt, and which is adapted to fit nuts orbolts of different sizes without changing the head of the wrench.

The invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinationsof parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in theclaims. i

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my wrench as in use.Fig. 2 is a side view of the wrench. Fig. 3 is a detail View of thehead; and Fig. 4 is a detail View of the wrench handle, pawl, and springdetached and with the sections of the handle separated.

The wrench has its head A provided in one end with a large socket A andin its other end with a smaller socket A so it can be fitted on twosizes of nuts or bolts, as may be desired. In its outer side between itsends the head is provided with a circumferential groove B, and onopposite sides of said groove has teeth O facing in opposite directions,so the pawl presently described may be adjusted to turn the head ineither direction when the handle is properly operated.

The handleD is preferably composed of the two sections D, which arebolted together and have at one end the hooks D which fit in the grooveB of the head and form a bearing in which the said head turns. When thehead is thus fitted to the handle, its teeth 0 lie on opposite sides ofsame, as shown, and are engaged by one or the other end of the pawl E.This pawl E is composed of the plates E, which lie on opposite sides ofthe handle, and the connecting-shaft E which extends be tween the platesE and is journaled in the handle D and preferably between the twosections B thereof. The plates of the pawl are adapted at their oppositeends for engagement with the teeth of the head of the wrench and operateto turn said head in one direction or Serial No. 725,521. (No model.)

the other, according to the set of the pawl, as will now be described.The pawl is actuated by the spring F, which is secured at one end to thehandle and is connected at its other end with the pawl, preferably bylooping it over the bail G, which is secured to the pawl E and extendson opposite sides of the pivot of said pawl and is provided on oppositesides of said pivot with the depressions or seats G in which the springis held to insure the turning of the wrench-head in one direction or theother when the handle is properly-operated.

It will be noticed that it is not necessary to remove the wrench fromthe cap in order to take a new hold, but the-handle, by means of thepawl and ratchets, turns backward and forward on the head of the wrench,which has two sets of teeth lying on opposite sides of the handle, whichare engaged by the pawlplates, lying also on opposite sides of thehandle.

The wrench can be reversed by simply slipping the spring from end to endof vthe bail G. The wrench can be also operated with facility in acorner or elsewhere where there is but little space for operation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The improved wrench herein described consisting of the head providedin its outer side with the circumferential groove and on opposite sidesof same with the teeth, the handle made in sections secured together andprovided at their ends with hooks fitting in the groove of thewrench-head and forming a bearing therefor, the pawl composed of thepawl-plates adapted at their opposite ends to engage the teeth of thewrench-head and 1ying on opposite sides of the handle, and the shaftconnecting said pawl plates and pivoted in the handle, the bail securedto the pawl, extending on opposite sides of the pivot thereof andprovided on opposite sides of said pivot with the seats for the spring,and the actuating-spring movable into engagement with either of saidseats substantially as set forth.

2. In a wrench substantially as described the combination of thewrench-head having teeth facing in opposite directions, the double-endedpawl pivoted between its ends loo tions fitting in the groove of thehead, and

the pawl composed of the opposite plates arranged to engage the head,and the pivotshaft connecting said plates and journaled in a bearingbetween the sections of the handle, substantially as set forth.

4. A wrench comprising a head having teeth facing in oppositedirections, a handle, and a pawl adjustable to engage either of theopposite faces of said teeth to drive the head in either directionsubstantially as set forth.

5. The improved wrench comprising the handle, the head journaled to saidhandle and provided on opposite sides of same with teeth, and thespring-actuated pawl having a shaft journaled in the handle and platesconnected by and fixed to said shaft and arranged on opposite sides ofthe handle and adapted to engage the head of the wrench substantially asset forth.

J AMES M. TILTON.

\Vitnesses:

A. M. BEERS, Gno. A. BEERS.

